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Overview

Richard J. Viken is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research intersects several fields, primarily within the social sciences, medicine, and psychology, with a strong focus on subfields such as gender studies, clinical psychology, sociology and political science, epidemiology, and health.

Their scholarly output encompasses key topics including sexual assault and victimization studies, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, sexuality, behavior and technology, sex work and related issues, health disparities and outcomes, alcohol consumption and health effects, and birth, development, and health.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Journal of Personality Disorders
  • Aggressive Behavior
  • Behavior Genetics

A selection of their recent papers demonstrates the range and depth of their research topics:

  • "Exploring the relationships between adolescent alcohol misuse and later life health outcomes," 2022, Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • "BDSM Proclivity Among College Students," 2022, Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • "Bifactor Structure of the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire Across the Schizotypy Spectrum," 2020, Journal of Personality Disorders
  • "Protective behavioral strategies for sexual aggression and risky sexual behavior," 2021, Aggressive Behavior
  • "Alcohol use in Early Midlife: Findings from the Age 37 Follow-Up Assessment of the FinnTwin12 Cohort," 2025, Behavior Genetics

Collaborations are an important part of their career, with frequent co-authors including Teresa A. Treat, William R. Corbin, Richard J. Rose, Jaakko Kaprio, and Mallory Stephenson. These recurrent partnerships suggest a network spanning various related disciplines and enhancing interdisciplinary research approaches.

Best Publications

  • Parenting mechanisms in links between parents' and adolescents' alcohol use behaviors.

    Shawn J. Latendresse;Richard J. Rose;Richard J. Viken;Lea Pulkkinen

  • Common Genetic Influences on BMI and Age at Menarche

    Kaprio J;Rimpelä A;Winter T;Viken Rj

  • A developmental genetic analysis of adult personality: Extraversion and neuroticism from 18 to 59 years of age.

    Richard J. Viken;Richard J. Rose;Jaakko Kaprio;Markku Koskenvuo

  • Sleep and Adjustment in Preschool Children: Sleep Diary Reports by Mothers Relate to Behavior Reports by Teachers

    John E. Bates;Richard J. Viken;Douglas B. Alexander;Jennifer Beyers

  • PUBERTAL TIMING AND SUBSTANCE USE: ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN AND WITHIN FAMILIES ACROSS LATE ADOLESCENCE

    Danielle M. Dick;Richard J. Rose;Richard J. Viken;Jaakko Kaprio

  • Gene-environment interaction in patterns of adolescent drinking: regional residency moderates longitudinal influences on alcohol use.

    Richard J. Rose;Danielle M. Dick;Richard J. Viken;Jaakko Kaprio

  • Parental monitoring moderates the importance of genetic and environmental influences on adolescent smoking.

    Danielle M. Dick;Richard Viken;Shaun Purcell;Jaakko Kaprio

  • Understanding the covariation among childhood externalizing symptoms: genetic and environmental influences on conduct disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder symptoms.

    Danielle M. Dick;Richard J. Viken;Jaakko Kaprio;Lea Pulkkinen

  • Sexual coercion and the misperception of sexual intent.

    Coreen Farris;Teresa A. Treat;Richard J. Viken;Richard M. McFall

  • Assortative mating by body height and BMI: Finnish twins and their spouses.

    Karri Silventoinen;Karri Silventoinen;Jaakko Kaprio;Eero Lahelma;Richard J. Viken

  • Models and Strategies for Factor Mixture Analysis: An Example Concerning the Structure Underlying Psychological Disorders

    Shaunna L Clark;Bengt Muthén;Jaakko Kaprio;Brian M D'Onofrio

  • Exploring gene-environment interactions: Socioregional moderation of alcohol use

    Danielle M. Dick;Richard J. Rose;Richard J. Viken;Jaakko Kaprio

  • Genetic Predisposition to Organ‐Specific Endpoints of Alcoholism

    Terry Reed;William F. Page;Richard J. Viken;Joe C. Christian

  • Drinking or abstaining at age 14? A genetic epidemiological study.

    Richard J. Rose;Danielle M. Dick;Richard J. Viken;Lea Pulkkinen

  • Distribution and heritability of BMI in Finnish adolescents aged 16y and 17y: a study of 4884 twins and 2509 singletons.

    K H Pietiläinen;J Kaprio;A Rissanen;T Winter

  • Changing environmental influences on substance use across development.

    Danielle M. Dick;Jason L. Pagan;Richard Viken;Shaun Purcell

  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Stages of Alcohol Use Across Adolescence and into Young Adulthood

    Jason L. Pagan;Richard J. Rose;Richard J. Viken;Lea Pulkkinen

  • Having a Male Co-Twin Masculinizes Mental Rotation Performance in Females

    Eero Vuoksimaa;Jaakko Kaprio;Jaakko Kaprio;William S. Kremen;William S. Kremen;Laura Hokkanen

  • Subjective intoxication in response to alcohol challenge: heritability and covariation with personality, breath alcohol level, and drinking history.

    Richard J. Viken;Richard J. Rose;Sandra L. Morzorati;Joe C. Christian

  • Genetic and environmental influences on pubertal development: longitudinal data from Finnish twins at ages 11 and 14.

    Brian S. Mustanski;Richard J. Viken;Jaakko Kaprio;Lea Pulkkinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Rose
Richard J. Rose Indiana University
Danielle M. Dick
Danielle M. Dick Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Lea Pulkkinen
Lea Pulkkinen University of Jyväskylä
Richard M. McFall
Richard M. McFall Indiana University
Eero Vuoksimaa
Eero Vuoksimaa University of Helsinki
John K. Kruschke
John K. Kruschke Indiana University
Robert M. Nosofsky
Robert M. Nosofsky Indiana University
John F. Knutson
John F. Knutson University of Iowa
Brian Mustanski
Brian Mustanski Northwestern University
Risto Näätänen
Risto Näätänen University of Tartu

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